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Plans to blow up rabbits shelved because of fire concerns
Herald Sun ^ | 28th January 2009 | William Jackson

Posted on 01/28/2009 12:05:08 PM PST by naturalman1975

MELBOURNE Water and Nillumbik Council have dropped plans to blow up rabbits with explosive gas after warnings about fire dangers.

A joint project using “oxygen detonation technology” to destroy warrens along the Diamond Creek, between Nillumbik Park and Diamond Creek Reserve, had been due to start on Tuesday this week, the Diamond Valley Leader reports.

A public notice issued by the council had advised residents they might hear regular “muffled explosions” as far as a kilometre away.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bunnygoboom; pests; wildlife
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1 posted on 01/28/2009 12:05:09 PM PST by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975

All they need is foxes.

No mathematicians down under?


2 posted on 01/28/2009 12:06:53 PM PST by djf
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To: naturalman1975

I knew before reading the headline it couldn’t be in the U.S.

Could you imagine the angst, sit-ins and litigation?


3 posted on 01/28/2009 12:08:04 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: djf

We have foxes. They are also an introduced pest species.


4 posted on 01/28/2009 12:08:41 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: djf; naturalman1975
All they need is foxes.

While that may seem a relatively simple solution, foxes are not native to Australia and couldn't be imported to be set free in the wild.

The problem is that rabbits are a non-native species in Australia and having no natural predators have bred in numbers not to be believed.

L

5 posted on 01/28/2009 12:09:10 PM PST by Lurker ("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
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To: keepitreal

Maybe I didn’t know before I read the headline (think of how rich I could be with that skill), but I knew by reading the headline, hehe.


6 posted on 01/28/2009 12:09:48 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: Lurker; djf
Fox problems in Australia
7 posted on 01/28/2009 12:10:33 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Darksheare
I know you are involved in this some how.
8 posted on 01/28/2009 12:11:06 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 9 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: keepitreal

“Oh, the poor poor Runny Babbits!”

s/


9 posted on 01/28/2009 12:11:10 PM PST by EggsAckley
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To: naturalman1975

Kind of a nerdy joke... the foxes/rabbits relation is used to explain derivatives...


10 posted on 01/28/2009 12:11:13 PM PST by djf
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To: naturalman1975

“You’ll be sorry....”

11 posted on 01/28/2009 12:12:32 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: naturalman1975

It’s probably safer than blowing up a whale.


12 posted on 01/28/2009 12:12:38 PM PST by Gil4
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To: naturalman1975

Now here is something Jimmy Carter could be useful for.


13 posted on 01/28/2009 12:13:20 PM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Ptarmigan

FYI


14 posted on 01/28/2009 12:14:40 PM PST by Lurker ("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
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To: djf

Yeah, I vaguely remember from my own schooldays - R(t) and F(t) - but the problem is somebody actually tried it here and R(t) and F(t) both described a hyperbolic curve towards infinity.


15 posted on 01/28/2009 12:15:00 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Couldn’t they just send out Elmer Fud?


16 posted on 01/28/2009 12:15:11 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: naturalman1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGhQ2BDt4VE&feature=related

A classic: Elmer Fudd in “Kill the Rabbit” cartoon opera.


17 posted on 01/28/2009 12:15:20 PM PST by lonevoice (Ich bin ein plumber)
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To: dfwgator

just picturing him in a Hamas vest.


18 posted on 01/28/2009 12:16:19 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: naturalman1975
PETA will be denouncing the idea of blowing up rabbits. Wait for it...

I wonder if the annoying Logan telemarketer that tried to call me with the number (435) 787 9018 (google that number) even though I am on the do not call list, was going to reference this article since they were hawking that movie the Velveteen Rabbit II

19 posted on 01/28/2009 12:16:58 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: EggsAckley

Who’s in charge of this operation? Wile E. Coyote?


20 posted on 01/28/2009 12:17:01 PM PST by LuciaMia
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